Topic: Western Europe
Pope Benedict XVI, emerging into the sun after being lashed by a violent storm, urged 1.5 million pilgrims to share the faith Sunday as he brought lavish festivities in Madrid to a close.After spending a night under the stars, the faithful cheered ...
A violent storm lashed Pope Benedict XVI and around one million pilgrims at an open-air service in Madrid, forcing him to cut short his speech and drenching the faithful who had waited for hours in blistering heat.As the heavens opened during World ...
MADRID (Reuters) - Pope Benedict said Saturday Roman Catholic priests must live saintly lives and men should only enter the priesthood if they were convinced they could live by all the Church's rules, including celibacy.On the third day of a visit that ...
Pope Benedict XVI, seated before a sea of young pilgrims in Madrid, led a service Friday recalling Christ's crucifixion and the world's sins, including rape and crimes against children.The 84-year-old pontiff presided from a vast white stage in city's Plaza Cibeles square ...
EL ESCORIAL, Spain (Reuters) - Pope Benedict warned on Friday that education was more than training for work and said it ought to also lead the young to "love, reason and faith."On the second day of his trip to Spain for the ...
Hundreds of thousands of young pilgrims have given Pope Benedict XVI a rapturous reception as he presided over a lavish ceremony during Catholic festivities in a sweltering Madrid.Thursday's adoring welcome was in sharp contrast to scenes nearby, where baton-wielding Spanish anti-riot police ...
Hundreds of thousands of young pilgrims gave Pope Benedict XVI a rapturous reception as he presided over a lavish ceremony Thursday during Catholic festivities in a sweltering Madrid.The adoring welcome was in sharp contrast to scenes nearby, where baton-wielding anti-riot police dispersed ...
Hackers temporarily blocked the official World Youth Day site Thursday just as Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Madrid to preside over the festivities, a spokeswoman for the event said.The site (www.madrid11.com) was taken down for about an hour at around midday (1000 ...
MADRID, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Pope Benedict denounced economic structures that put profits ahead of people Thursday at the start of a trip to recession-hit Spain where the costs of the pontiff's visit have sparked violent protests."The economy cannot be measured by ...
Thousands of protesters angry over a visit by Pope Benedict XVI for a lavish youth festival took to Madrid's streets, to be confronted by Catholic pilgrims and riot police.The protesters were separated by lines of riot police from the pilgrims who sang ...
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